Resource Exhaustion Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm15


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-IMAGEMAGICK-20029023
  • published26 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 Sept 2026

Introduced: 18 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-93587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-31 and before 6.9.13-56 contains a policy bypass in the PCD (and, per the upstream advisory, CUBE and HALD) coder: when a specific command line option is supplied, the decoder does not check a configured resource limit, which can result in extra memory allocation. A local user able to pass command line options to ImageMagick can therefore exceed the intended memory policy limit, causing a limited availability impact. The issue is fixed in 7.1.2-31 and 6.9.13-56.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1